Question: What impact did the Napoleonic Wars have on Germany?

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Question: How did Bismarck unify the German states?

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Question: What factors did Germany possess that made industrialization possible?

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Question: Why did Bismarck try to dissolve socialist groups?

Answer: He tried to dissolve socialist groups because he believed that they did not have full allegiance to Germany. He feared that they would revolt so eh tried to shut them up before they could.

Question: Why did William II ask Bismarck to resign?

Answer: William II believed his right to rule came from God and he did not want any rivals while he ruled.

Question: Describe Germany’s economic changes after unifying in 1871.

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Question: Why did the German government issue a single currency for all of Germany?

Answer: to promote economic development and to maintain economic strength and military power.

Question: How did Kaiser William II continue Bismarck’s policies?

Answer: Kaiser continued them by adding social welfare programs to keep socialist revolts at bay. He built up army and navy to win an overseas empire and resisted democratic reforms.

Question: Why do you think the German empire was committed to maintaining its economic strength?

Answer: Germany needed money to maintain its military strength and it made the empire more powerful generally.